Steelyuhas
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Good episode. Laurie is a very good character, I really feel her struggle. Pretty impressive performance by Amy Brenneman to be able to sell that without saying a word.
Good episode. Laurie is a very good character, I really feel her struggle. Pretty impressive performance by Amy Brenneman to be able to sell that without saying a word.
I laughed pretty hard at that."I say fuck too"
You see both sides of that as she tries to be dedicated to the GR, but feels the undeniable pull of her family. I do feel that we need to find out why she joined the GR and felt the need to leave her family though.But what is she selling? We know nothing about her, why she's with the GR, and what she hopes to gain by being there.
One minute she seems resolute.
The next she seems seconds away from running back to her family.
One minute she seems to like the Top Dog's right hand in command. A veteran in this thing.
Then, at the first sign of major opposition, she's having existential panic attacks.
Which is it? What's going on? There's literally no rhyme or reason for any of her actions right now...so she just comes off as one-note depressed...like pretty much everyone else.
He is real. Everyone else can see him ... why wouldn't he be?
Drama.What is the point of this cult?
Nah, at least this has some mystery and a cool ass overly dramatic theme that plays when shit is going down. I'm still intrigued by how off the wall it is.This is turning into Newsroom. HBO buying these showrunners, getting them to make the same thing they already did, only much much worse.
The Newsroom is just about a crew of unlikeable fast-talking douchebags and their boring lives at the office.
Enjoyed the episode. Funny, when they first grabbed that woman and off, I was quite happy and thinking to myself "About damn time!" Moments later, I was hoping every other hit was the last..it wasn't lol. That Shit was pretty intense..certainly not expected.
We are now midway through the first season.
I challenge anyone to write a coherent summary of what has happened in these first five episodes.
Damon Lindelof is a grossly incompetent storyteller. If it somehow weren't obvious before this show, it certainly should be now.
We are now midway through the first season.
I challenge anyone to write a coherent summary of what has happened in these first five episodes.
Damon Lindelof is a grossly incompetent storyteller. If it somehow weren't obvious before this show, it certainly should be now.
Still hate the cult though, seems completely unnecessary and I'm surprised it took three years before someone took matters into their own hands.
...am I the only one that's sure the GR killed her themselves?
Hmm, now that you mention it, that does seem like a real possibility.
There was a moment where they stopped when she begged them to stop, perhaps they were taken aback someone would break their 'vow' not to talk?
Why would they do it though? It's not like her death will elicit any sympathy from the wider community. She broke one the rules? Maybe she was an undercover agent?
Those weren't Garvey's white shirts, right?
Eh, maybe. Not sure what was that meeting between Gladys and the leader in the first scene of the Ep and he head-nodding so maybe it has something to do with it? And the rest of the GR were completely tight-lipped when Garvey came over and alerted them. But that's how the GR always are. So yeah, it may go that way, this aimlessness.Yeah, I actually thought the clues were heavy handed, and I was very surprised when I came in here and no one was talking about that.
There could be a ton of reasons, or no reasons, just like everything in this show.
Eh, maybe. Not sure what was that meeting between Gladys and the leader in the first scene of the Ep and he head-nodding so maybe it has something to do with it? And the rest of the GR were completely tight-lipped when Garvey came over and alerted them. But that's how the GR always are. So yeah, it may go that way, this aimlessness.
There is the meeting, the flash from Laurie, and the what's her name's whole vile behavior.
Yeah, that brief flashback cut was WTF because why would Laurie be remembering that as if she was there?
But why would the leader have that kind of meeting with Gladys? 'We've found you out and are going to kill you'? Makes no sense. Maybe Gladys volunteered to be killed so the GR can set in motion whatever they planned this killing to set? Or the meeting would be later clarified as the leader setting the trap and sending her to that mission\place where she told the others to be ready to take and kill her.
But yeah, that Laurie flashback could be the best evidence of an inside job.
I saw it as the Leader told Gladys that they were going to kill her, and she "accepted" it, but during the act she (understandably) changed her mind.
But why would the leader 'surprise' her when it's coming if they agreed on it? Choose the time&place and let Gladys say farewell however she like and then continue with the deed.
Eh, there wasn't much to gain from that in this case in my mind. Cruel move if Gladys indeed agreed to be killed.Forensic evidence, makes it seem more real to investigators.
You liked the first three episodes but you're considering dropping the show because you didn't like the fourth?
I didn't notice it, myself. Guess my eyes were too busy rolling back into my head.I just watched last week's (with the nativity), and I will congratulate them at least on putting a dick on screen, even if it's a flaccid mental institution dick.
Hey now, Lindelof does give some answers. Just not good ones.This show is still a mess, but I'll stick around to see what this was all about (I'm not gonna get any answer, right?).